Meanings
comparative more nonairy · superlative most nonairy
- Not airy. (any sense)
she must use another, nonairy “vessel" to prepare WS for her divine dispensation.
1979, Geoffrey Aggeler, Anthony Burgess: The Artist as Novelist, page 762 more examples
Meaning that is a matter of language and meaning that is a matter of use or context of utterance need to be distinguished in a principled nonairy manner.
2016, PP Giridhar, “Taprooting translation: Reflections on the epistemology of translation”, in GSTF Journal on EducationThe fruits are stored in warm, dark, nonairy enclosures for curing and for increasing the flavor before bringing the fruits to the market.
2022, Khashti Dasila, Dheeraj Shootha, Mithilesh Singh, “Machilus edulis: An underutilized wild edible fruit species of North-eastern Himalaya, India”, in Tarun Belwal, Indra D. Bhatt, Hari Prasad Devkota, editor, Himalayan Fruits and Berries, page 233
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